One of Our Aircraft is Missing
One of Our Aircraft is Missing is a 1942 British black-and-white war film, mainly set in the German-occupied Netherlands. It was the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers.
Plot
The crew of an RAF Vickers Wellington bomber are forced to bail out over the Netherlands near the Zuider Zee after one of their engines is damaged during a nighttime raid on Stuttgart. Five of the six airmen find each other; the sixth goes missing. The first Dutch citizens they encounter, led by English-speaking school teacher Else Meertens (Pamela Brown), are suspicious at first as no aircraft is reported to have crashed in the Netherlands (the abandoned bomber actually reaches England before hitting a pylon). After much debate and some questioning, the Dutch agree to help, despite their fear of German reprisals.
Awards
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| author | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Netherlands |
| director | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| editor | David Lean |
| events | aviation World War II |
| keywords | abandon air raid bomb burgemeester force kill north sea question radio announcer raf rescue buoy rowing boat royal air force school teacher short stirling stuttgart vickers wellington zuider zee |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Special Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| publisher | Anglo-Amalgamated |
| theme | propaganda war |